Rex-Jay-Fields__Stan

Funny enough we actually didn’t lower our draft pick. Go check out Tankathon - we’re still #4. Still may hurt us down the line but we have such a weak schedule we win all the tiebreakers

I think most HCs get a 4 yr guaranteed contract, but I could be wrong. Even more reason they’d retain him

You forgot the “Ooga Ooga” pounds chest

Same. Retaining Flus is the worst scenario I can possibly imagine. Honestly would be worse than retaining Nagy for another year after 2021

The beauty of those losses is that we were able to conclusively determine Flus & Getsy are not capable of producing a SB run.

Better to know now than have false hope from beating bad teams and invest in this staff for 4 years just to end up like the Chargers, getting bounced in the WC round every year due to coaching (I.e. Nagy in 2018 & 2020).

The talent gap is just too narrow to win a SB with a bad coaching staff.

Yeah there are plenty of reasons we should lose, hence we are the underdog as determined by pro gamblers

No chance unfortunately.

So interesting that all 5 of the remaining HCs on the hot seat are defensive coaches…can either view it as an anomaly or more evidence that offensive stability >>> defensive consistency

1. Flus
2. Rivera
3. Staley
4. Belichick
5. Vrabel

Not trying to pick holes in a hypothetical, but Stroud publicly announced before the draft that he does not want to go to Chicago. He’s close friends with Justin and it would’ve been incredibly awkward for him. Also can you imagine the pitchforks that would’ve come out all off-season if we moved on from Fields for Stroud (without the benefit of hindsight)

I feel like there are puts and takes with both:

Giants are more likely to win 5-6 games and slide behind our pick. If you feel confident in Carolina getting #1 and want to maximize our own pick, Giants winning is better.

The Patriots are more likely to go 2-15 or 3-14, so they are a bigger threat to the Panthers #1 pick. But they are also unlikely to slide behind us in draft order even if they do win, so them winning makes Panthers more likely to keep #1, but it also is more likely to push our pick back behind both the Giants & Pats at the end of the year.

Personally, I am fairly confident the Panthers will maintain the SoS tiebreaker against NE - so they are 2 games ahead of NE in reality. I would be shocked if the Panthers win 2 games AND the pats lose out. Therefore I am glad the Giants won today because it’s more likely to help our draft picks (and helps us in multiple rounds)

Alan Williams…not sure if that counts though lol

9 of his 12 TDs came from the last 3 full games he played - there’s been a clear jump in performance and it’s not swinging back & forth like your comment implies. He’s only played 6 games, so saying “8 of 12 TDs came from 2 games” doesn’t mean all that much

That’s a fair point but on the flip side this doesn’t include his rushing contributions (which are meaningful). I don’t think it’s necessarily inflated based on the eye test